Text Our Show Hosts Please Help Us - Support TOPS Bunker as Low as 3$ mo. Click Here...!!! Tonight, we’re talking about rucking. What it is, how to do it, and why we do it. You strap on a fully loaded rucksack to your back, and stand in front of the mirror grinning at yourself. Oh yeah. Don’t I look cool? Don’t I look tactical? Now don’t lie. We’ve all done it once or twice. Hell, I'm guilty of it too. Way back when I was a younger man… I got my first rucksack, ran into the house, stuffed it with pillows, and stood there gaulking at myself in front of the mirror for 10 mins. Then the real tragedy happened. After returning the pillows to my bed, I took my new pack to the closet and hung it up next to my other gear… where it stayed, collecting dust, for the remainder of its sad life. Rucks, backpacks, and kit, aren't trendy. We don’t get them to look cool or tactical. Are they tactical… yes, by definition they are. Tactical - specialized actions or items designed and used to achieve immediate, short-termed, and specific goals. Rucksacks are designed to help your body carry a load from point A to point B. That is their tactical purpose. Though we may not believe this, people are also designed to carry a load from point A to point B. But we have to practice these actions to get good at doing them. Very few people can load 60 pounds onto their backs and shoulders and complete a long distance hike. It is a fact that I am one of those who cannot do it. I fully concede and admit the tragic truth that I suck, at some shit. But in a real SHTF situation — when vehicles won’t start and roads are blocked, and staying home is no longer an option… your body becomes your transport, and your strength and stamina become margins of distance. That’s the reality of it. It’s brutal. It’s tiring. I’m tired just thinking and talking about rucking. My ego says “cool”. My brain says “run away… hide”. Which is why this episode is important to me… and hopefully, to you as well.  But we don’t have to hope… cuz there is hope. Ya see, We can train for this. By starting light and slow, and being repetitive, we can build up to where we want to be. That’s the essence of training.   Tonight we’re breaking down why rucking may be one of the most practical, no-nonsense disciplines in preparedness — and why every mile you log now, can make the future less intimidating. TOPS Bunker Podcast YouTube Channel SpeakPipe/TOPS TOPSBunker.com Refuge Medical Use TOPSBUNKER10 at Checkout for 10% Discount Please Visit Our Affiliate Links to Find Great Preparedness Products: GORUCK SpyRuck - Womens Weighted Vest GORUCK Weighted Rucking Vest for Men (weights sold seperately) GORUCK Rucker 4.0 - Purpose Built Rucking Backpack GORUCK Basic Rucker - Durable Rucking Backpack ROCKAGATOR Kanarra90L Waterproof Backpack, Choose a Color MARDINGTOP Tactical EDC Rucking Backpack 28L MARDINGTOP 60L Backpack w/ Internal Frame and Rain Cover FALKO Tactical Rucking Baclpack 50L Support the show